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Sundance Film Festival · 2010

Sundance Film Festival 2010

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A new section composed of eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking.

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8 films · 1 review

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Armless

In this off-kilter comedy, a woman comes to terms with her husband's strange secret.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Habib Azar; Writer: Kyle Jarrow; Stars: Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Keith Powell, Laurie Kennedy, Matt Walton)

World Premiere

Bass Ackwards

After ending a disastrous affair with a married woman, a man embarks on a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Linas Phillips; Writer: Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher, Linas Phillips; Stars: Linas Philips, Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher, Paul Lazar)

World Premiere

Bilal's Stand

Bilal, a Muslim high school senior in Detroit, juggles his dysfunctional family, their taxi stand and an ice carving contest in his secret attempt to land a college scholarship.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Sultan Sharrief; Writer: Sultan Sharrief; Stars: Julian Gant, Sabrina Quinn, Joe Tinpan)

World Premiere

The Freebie

A young married couple decides to give each other one night with someone else.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Katie Aselton; Stars: Dax Shepard, Katie Aselton, Bellamy Young, Ross Partridge, Frankie Shaw, Leonora Gershman, Sean Nelson, Marguerite Phillips, Scott Pitts, Houston Wages, Ken Kennedy)

World Premiere

Homewrecker

The last romantic in New York City is an ex-con locksmith on work release.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Brad Barnes, Todd Barnes; Writer: Brad Barnes, Todd Barnes, Sophie Goodhart; Stars: Ana Reeder, Anslem Richardson, Stephen Rannazzisi)

World Premiere

New Low

A neurotic twentysomething struggles to figure out which girl he really belongs with: the best one he's ever known... or the worst.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Bowers; Writer: Adam Bowers; Stars: Adam Bowers, Jayme Ratzer, Toby Turner, Valerie Jones)

World Premiere

One Too Many Mornings

Two damaged young men recover their high school friendship by awkwardly revealing to each other just how messed up they've become.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Michael Mohan; Writer: Anthony Deptula, Stephen Hale, Michael Mohan; Stars: Anthony Deptula, Stephen Hale, Tina Kapousis)

World Premiere

The Taqwacores

Review preview for The Taqwacores

In many ways, The Taqwacores is punk movie-making by numbers.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A good young Muslim boy moves into a house where punk turns the tables on everything he thought he knew about Islam.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Eyad Zahra; Writer: Michael Muhammad Knight, Eyad Zahra; Stars: Noureen DeWulf, Dominic Rains, Rasika Mathur, Tony Yalda, Anne Marie Leighton) , Trailer

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World Premiere